Black History Month: Black Stars of the Great White Way movement continues with a concert at prestigious Carnegie Hall on June 23

Actors Ben Vereen and Andre De Shields are two of the stars performing at Carnegie Hall in the Black Stars of the Great White Way reunion concert “Live the Dream.” (Lisa Pacino/Under The Duvet Productions)

FOR THE BLACK Stars of The Great White Way, it's next stop, Carnegie Hall!

Spotlighting the impact of African-American men on Broadway through performances by some of the big stage's most talented performers, the show will come to the prestigious Manhattan venue in "The Black Stars of The Great White Way Broadway Reunion: Live the Dream" on June 23.

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The works of music legends Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, Louis Jordan, Eubie Blake, Cab Calloway and Paul Robeson will be performed. And there will also be a special tribute to poet Langston Hughes and recognition of the first Black Stars of the Great White Way Award recipients, including Tony Award-winning director and costume designer Geoffrey Holder and the dancer-choreographer Louis Johnson.

"It will be a red-carpet, black-tie event," said "Black Stars" creator-producer Chapman Roberts, who is collaborating with "Live The Dream" executive producer Norm Lewis to present the Carnegie Hall edition of Black Stars. Entertainers scheduled for the show include Tony Award winners Ben Vereen ("Pippin"), Chuck Cooper ("The Life"), Ben Harney andFOR THE BLACK Stars of The Great White Way, it's next stop, Carnegie Hall!

Spotlighting the impact of African-American men on Broadway through performances by some of the big stage's most talented performers, the show will come to the prestigious Manhattan venue in "The Black Stars of The Great White Way Broadway Reunion: Live the Dream" on June 23.

The works of music legends Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, Louis Jordan, Eubie Blake, Cab Calloway and Paul Robeson will be performed. And there will also be a special tribute to poet Langston Hughes and recognition of the first Black Stars of the Great White Way Award recipients, including Tony Award-winning director and costume designer Geoffrey Holder and the dancer-choreographer Louis Johnson.

The all-star gathering of performers for the Black Stars' Carnegie hall show was created with the help of the respected Orpheus Group Casting.

The New York-based firm is run by Maria Nelson and Ellyn Long Marshall, the daughter of the late Broadway musical theater star Avon Long. Orpheus has a lengthy list of theater, television and film credits on its resume

Actors Samuel L Jackson, Geoffrey Holder, Melba Moore and more than 300 other African-American Broadway veterans turned out for the 2011 Black Stars of The Great White Way photo shoot in Times Square. There was a West Coast equivalent (above) of the Times Square historic event in California. With Chapman Roberts conducting the group (above), that Black Stars of The Great White Way gathering included recently-deceased actor James Avery, Linda Hopkins, Loretta Divine, Paula Kelly, Debbie Allen, Reginald Van Williams and members of the original casts of “A Chorus Line,” “Guys and Dolls,” “Your Arms Too Short,” “Hair,” “Lion King,” “Ain't Misbehavin” and “Dreamgirls.” (Carmen L. de Jesús)

The Black Stars of The Great White Way concept, which is building momentum as a movement, started in October 2011 when Roberts gathered more than 300 black Broadway stage and behind-the-scenes personnel for a picture taken by respected Broadway photographer Carmen De Jesus.

In 2013, the first Black Stars show was held. Tickets for the Carnegie Hall performance will go on sale April 1.

The all-star gathering of performers for the Black Stars' Carnegie hall show was created with the help of the respected Orpheus Group Casting.

The New York-based firm is run by Maria Nelson and Ellyn Long Marshall, the daughter of the late Broadway musical theater star Avon Long. Orpheus has a lengthy list of theater, television and film credits on its resume The Black Stars of The Great White Way concept, which is building momentum as a movement, started in October 2011 when Roberts gathered more than 300 black Broadway stage and behind-the-scenes personnel for a picture taken by respected Broadway photographer Carmen De Jesus.

In 2013, the first Black Stars show was held. Tickets for the Carnegie Hall performance will go on sale April 1. For information, visit http://bit.ly/BlackStarsatCarnegie or call CarnegieCharge at (212) 247-7800.